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Post by MoophoniumMan » Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:43 am

This year the wind ensemble was the default pit orchestra for Annie, and it was HELL!

We did get a lot of compliments though, so that was nice. Lots of people commented on how much more professional it made the entire production to have a live band playing.

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Post by Harsona42 » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:28 am

You had the entire wind ensemble in the pit? :shock: Yeah that would definitely suck haha.

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Post by LoyalTubist » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:53 am

FluteOfTheNewWorld wrote:
PGOK wrote:Les Miserables (OK, student version)
OMG! I saw the on broadway last week when I was in NY and it was sooooo amazing!!! I love it!
The most amazing thing I ever saw on a stage was an opera by John Adams called Nixon in China. Operas use huge orchestas--but opera halls have huge pits! Anyway, the amazing part was when Air Force One landed in Beijing. The sounds of the airplane were created by some unusual violin techniques. They used a 3D picture of a 747 that looked as if an airplane was actually landing in the room.

See... opera can be fun!

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